Canfield and Chaney high schools on Race in their productions of "Ragtime"

"Ragtime"

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Students and staff from Canfield and Chaney high schools will be here to discuss their unique production of "Ragtime."

There will be two students from Canfield, one from Chaney and the directors from each school.

"Ragtime," the musical, is set in New York at the turn of the century. At times, the language of the play may be unpleasant to modern-day audiences as it reflects the racial tensions of the times. Many school productions defer to a toned-down version of the musical.

The Canfield-Chaney effort found a middle space between the adult version and the school version, and it was a challenge to even get to that level as the language is rather coarse.

Members of the cast and the school personnel will explain how they addressed those challenges as well as the obstacle of bringing such a large production with such a large cast to two separate stages.

The "Ragtime" productions will be performed at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at Chaney and at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 21 and 22 at Canfield High School.

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